Which ED will help me the most?

Gcollom
Tue, 09 Sep 2014 00:41:43 +0000

I’m looking at CMU, Stanford and MIT for Early Decision. Which one is the most impactful on my chances? I’m also looking at WU seattle, Cornell, Berkeley, UIUC.

GPA: 3.9 UW, 4.1 W
Class rank: school doesn’t rank

ACT: 34
Reading: 33
Math: 34
English: 32
Science: 36
Essay: 10
Retaking next weekend

SAT is 2010 but that is 2 years old, retaking soon.

SAT math II: 800 Bio-e: 750

APs:
CompSci: 5
US History: 4

Lang: 5
Bio: 4
Calc BC: 5
AB subscore: 5

Senior Schedule:
Dance Perf and Prod
AP Physics C
AP Econ
AP Stats
Calculus 3 - Dual credit
Intro to Linux - Dual credit
AP Lit
AP Euro

Activities:
Dance Club- VP
Go Club - Founder and President
Speech and Debate
Supercomputing Challenge - archivist
Summer intern at Los Alamos National Lab

Honors:
3rd place in Policy Debate at the Top of the World Tournament - state level
AP Scholar with distinction - national i guess

Glowing LOR from AP comp sci teacher and a nice one from my AP lang teacher